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Book SynopsisKnown for its breathtaking scenery, the central-east African country of Rwanda lived through one of the worst episodes of violence of the late 20th century, the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in which over a million people were brutally murdered in 100 days.This book recounts the personal story of Claver Irakoze who survived the genocide as an eleven-year-old child and, like other Rwandans of his generation, is now grappling with the heavy responsibility of raising children in the post-genocide context.Tracing the various stages of Irakoze’s life experiences, each chapter teases out issues surrounding childhood, parenting and the transmission of memories between generations. The final chapter draws on Irakoze’s personal and professional experience to provide some reflections on managing memories of genocide within the family.
Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgement Maps List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Background to the Collaboration 2 A Project Founded on Empirical Research 3 Functions of Testimony 4 Testimony as an Educational Tool 5 The Challenges of Testimony 6 Collaboration and Ethics 7 Publishers and the Readership 8 Moving Forward Prologue 1 Life Today 2 To Burundi and Back Again 3 School and the Discovery of a New World 4 Deterioration of Community Life 5 The Genocide against the Tutsi 6 The Aftermath 7 Growing up an Orphan 8 Working on a New Identity 9 Getting Married and Becoming a Parent 10 Raising Rwanda’s Next Generation 1 Principle 1: Parenting Should Include the Full Participation of All Family Members 2 Principle 2: Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First 3 Principle 3: We Should Lay Down Strong Foundations 4 Principle 4: We Must Trust Our Children with the Truth 5 Principle 5: It Takes a Village to Raise a Child Bibliograhie Index
